Sarah Chamberlain

Introduction

Ms. Chamberlain conducts collaborative research studies on plants for Riparia – a research center in the Geography Department.  Her research primarily focuses on the development and validation of bioassessment tools for wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic region. She has taught workshops on plant identification and frequently lectures on plant-related topics. She has developed a number of materials to aid in plant identification, particularly related to grasses, sedges, and rushes. Ms. Chamberlain maintains Riparia’s reference collection of more than 200 wetland sites in Pennsylvania, as well as the reference and teaching herbaria.

Current projects include:

• Regional Floristic Quality Assessment for the Mid-Atlantic states;
• Mid-Atlantic Wetlands Work Group;
• Wetland plants of the Mid-Atlantic

Research Interests

• botany
• wetland monitoring and assessment
• floristic quality assessment

Previous Appointments

• 1999–present: Senior Research Assistant/Research Assistant
• 1996–1999: Restoration Specialist, ENTRIX, Inc., Wilmington DE
• 1995–1996: Wetland Ecologist, Wetlands Research Associates, Newark, DE
• 1992–1995: Graduate Assistant, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA
• 1990–1992: Wetland Specialist, BioSystems Analysis, Inc., Tiburon, CA
• 1987–1990: Environmental Scientist, Louis Berger & Associates, East Orange, NJ and Washington, DC

Education

• M.A. Ecology and Systematics, San Francisco State University